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Thursday, 28 December 2023

Japanese Kure Naval Station in 1937

Formerly known as the Hiro Naval Air Station. The station was only commissioned in 1935 but the original Hiro Avation Corps was established around 1920-1921. Primary a coast defence unit where two squadrons were stationed. One with scouting seaplanes and one with torpedo bombing land based planes.

Source

National Archives USA. Record Group 38: Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Series: Secret Naval Attaches Reports. Report of the Naval Attache Tokyo dated 6 August 1937 No. 219 dealing with the Expansion Program of the Naval Aviation Shore Establishment. M975-002.

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